32 POULTRY-CRAFT. 
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Matched flooring for floors, doors, grain bins . . . . 1 1 ee ee +) 750 8g. ft. 
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2 rolls wire netting § ft. wide, 2- fret aah 
22 6-light sash, 10 x 14 glass; 2 4-panel doors; 2 pr. loose pin butt hinges; 2 pr. 6-in. T 
hinges; 16 pr. q-in. T hinges; 2 locks; nails, screws, hooks, staples, etc. 
Norre.— If the building is covered with shingles the pitch of the roofs must be greater 
than in the figure. The roofs should be 1 ft. higher at the peaks —35 thousand shingles 
are required to cover the building, laying them on the roof 5 in., and on the sides 6 in. to 
the weather. 
37. Plan for Doing all Work from the Walk. — Fig. 13 shows how 
the pens in a house of the style described in 936 may be arranged to permit 
all work, —feeding, watering, cleaning droppings boards, and collecting 
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Fig. 13. Showing the Arrangement for Doing the Work in a Long House 
from the Walk. P, passage; R, roost platform; a, door to roost; c, door 
to nests. 
eggs — to be done from the walk. The arrangement 
cannot be considered the best for a practical poultry 
man seeking a plan by which the items, cost, capacity, and convenience, are 
balanced with a view to the greatest profit. The plan is also open to criticism 
on the ground that nearly all work being done without going into the pens, the 
fowls do not become accustomed to the presence of the attendant. Then 
when it is necessary to go into the pens, the fowls make a disturbance detri- 
mental to egg production. There are, however, cases where it is an advan- 
tage to the one caring for the fowls to be able to give them all necessary atten- 
tion without going into the pens. The arrangement will recommend itself to 
those who want a house in which they can do the daily chores without being 
obliged to change from their ordinary dress to a poultryman’s working clothes. 
38. House with Two Rows of Pens and Passage.—The Monitor 
Top House. —Convenience alone being considered, this method of housing 
is superior to all others. A house of this style may face east and west, the 
common plan; or, south. In the houses with east and west exposures the 
pens on the east side receive only the morning sun; those on the west side 
receive the sun only in the afternoon. In what is known as the monitor top 
house, Fig. 14, the passage is made 3 ft. higher than in the common plain 
style house, and windows placed in each side of the extension, so that each 
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